No profession, no say, no freedom of expression. Life as a prince consort is not exactly pleasure taxing. No constitution ascribes any function to the husband of a queen. Nowhere does it say what he must or must not do. A life in the shadow of the crown. Can that go well?
Julia Melchior
Director
Philipp Schepmann
Self (voice)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Self (archive footage)
Prince Claus of the Netherlands
Self (archive footage)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Self (archive footage)
Roya Nikkhah
Self
Thomas Kielinger
Self
Patrick Weber
Self
A.N. Wilson
Self
Emily Blunt
Queen Victoria (archive footage)
Rupert Friend
Prince Albert (archive footage)
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